Dolly



April 12, 1932. c. w. PETERS DOLLY Filed Nov. .8, 1929 C/FFO7D W, PETERS Patented Apr. 12, 1932 CLIFFORD W. PETERS, F HUNTTNGTON, WEST VIRGINIA DOLLY Application filed November 8, 1929. Serial No. 405,560.

appearance; to provide a wheeled carriage 3 which will support the goods out of contact with the floor but not lifted so high that their normal appearance is materially changed; to provide a wheeled carriage which may be easily and quickly adjusted to fit different to sizes of articles to be displayed. 7

The above and other objects will appear from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention and in which similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout the the yoke portion. This rod- 10 has a sliding fit in a tubular member 11 whichis'secured to the short rod portion 12 of the yoke memseveral views. 7 g p In the drawings, Fig. l is a perspective view of my display carriage; Fig. 2 is a frag:

3e mentary side elevation, partly in section and.v

illustrating a leg of a radio set or other piece of furniture in its supported position; and Fig. 3 is a detached view of a double forked] yoke member. A great many types of furniture such as cabinet type radio sets and the like are mounted on legs. These legs are not provided with casters or other means to facilitate movement as, when the article is placed in a home, it i ordinarily remams in one posltion. However, in displaying this type of goods in a salesroom it is frequently necessary to re arrange the display and move the various articles about. To facilitate this I have devised an adjustable carriage or dolly which may readily be moved in any direction and which maybe adjusted to support articles having different leg spacings.

My dolly, in the form illustrated, has four 510 legsupporting cups '1, preferably made of goods may to provide a carriage for rubber or other resilient material, secured to the outer ends of the pivoted arms 2. These arms 2 may be formed from flat strip metal and are so shaped that the portions 2a,

to which the cups 1 are secured, are supported just out of contact with the floor by the caster wheels 3. These wheels 3 may be of the well known swiveled caster type to provide easy movement of the dolly in any direction and are supported by the brackets 1 which are secured to the arms 2 by the screws 5.

The inner ends of the arms 2 are adjustably secured in the yoked members 6 and 7 by means of bolts 8 and nutsSa which extend through holes 9 in the forkv portions of mem 6 bers 6 and 7 and corresponding holes in the inner ends of arm 2. The fork portions of yokes 6 and 7 are spaced to allow the arms 2 to be swung freely about onthe bolt/s8 when the nuts 8a are loose. When'the nuts are tightened theforks are compressed and the arms 2 are held securely in place by friction between theinner surfaces of the yoke forks and the ends of the arms 2.

The yoke member 6 has an integral rigid 7 rod portion 10 extending at right, angles to berI7 by the screw;13. A thumb screw 14 '80 has threaded engagement with the wall of the tube 11 andis adapted to butt against the ro'd lO looking it in any desired position.

. The assembly of the arms 2 and yokes 6 As shown in Fig. 2 wing-nuts 15 may be. v

substituted for the standard hexagonal nuts 8a to facilitate adjustment of the carriage.

From the above description it will be seen that by looseningthe thumb screw 14 and sliding the rod 10 into or out of the tube 11, the distance between the supporting cups 1 on the left side of the carriage and those 7 on theright side of the carriage (Fig. 1)

may be decreased or increased without disturbing the spacing between the front and rear cups. To change the spacing between the front and rear cups the nuts 8a or 15 are loosened and the arms 2 moved about the bolts 8 until the cups are the desired distance apart.

The rod and tube construction provides means for adjusting the carriage tosupport articles of different widths and the pivoted arms allow the carriage to be adjusted to the 10 desired depth. It is also possible to set the cups 1 in position tosupport articleswh'ose le s are not arranged in rectangular relation.

11 addition to supporting the legs of an article in position on the carriage, the rub- 15 her cups 1 also serve as bumpers to lessen Y the shock if the dolly strikes against another object. This shock absorbing efl'ect protects both the dolly and the article supported thereon. 'My improveddolly may be quickly and easily adjusted to support any size of article whose-leg spacingscome within the range of adjustmentof the dolly used. Itmay be emade-invarious sizes and designed to support any desired load. I It may be easily dismantled-for storageor shipment and while Iihave described and illustrated one embodiment of my invention in some detail, modifir cationsmayoccur to those skilled in the art 1ml I do not, therefore, limit myself to the 1 precise detailsshown or in any manner other than by'the claim appended hereto.

L I claim A dolly of the class described, the combinati'onof a yoke member having a tubular portion, a second yoke member having a rod portion adapted to telescopically engage said first namedyoke, means for adjustably holding said rod portion in said tubular portion 0 to permit variation oft-he distance between 7 said yoke members, a pair of arms pivoted to each of said yoke members, caster wheelsse- 'curedtoea'ch of said arms, and article supxporting means disposed below the plane of c saidarms comprising rubber cup members,

i said arms being independently swingable "about their pivot points to vary the distance between said eups'and means for locking said arms toprevent relative movement'thereof.

Y 59 In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature this 25th day of October, 1929.

CLIFFORD PETERS. 

